I have tried, at least most of the time, to set high objectives, to accept failures and disappointments with relative equanimity, to acknowledge and try to correct my mistakes and weaknesses, and then to set different and sometimes higher goals for the future.

Failure is defined by our reaction to it.

Its not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it

But are not this struggle and even the mistakes one may make better, and do they not develop us more, than if we kept systematically away from emotions?

Only when I fall do I get up again.

When I see how several painters I know here are struggling with their watercolours and paintings so that they can't see a solution anymore, I sometimes think: Friend, the fault is in your drawing. I don't regret for a moment that I did not go in for watercolour and oil painting straight away. I am sure I will catch up if only I struggle on, so that my hand does not waver in drawing and perspective.